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      [Smoking cessation in coronary patients].

      Annales de cardiologie et d'angéiologie
      Bupropion, therapeutic use, Coronary Artery Disease, prevention & control, Counseling, Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors, Humans, Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Use Disorder, complications, therapy

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          Smoking is one of the main risk factors for coronary artery disease and its complications, including sudden death. In smokers, smoking cessation is associated with improved 5-year outcome. Consequently, smoking cessation should be one of the main goals of the clinician in patients hospitalized for a coronary event. Any health professional has the capacity to deliver a simple message: "do you smoke?" and "are you willing to quit?". Such simple questions have a positive impact on the smoker who knows he has coronary artery disease. In addition nicotine substitutes and bupropion are particularly useful to help the patient: their efficacy has been demonstrated in several well-conducted studies. Last, treating tobacco smoking requires long-term follow-up of the patient who will be asked to consult regularly to this purpose.

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